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The San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) and the City of San Diego took a step toward the possibility of helping the region meet its future energy needs through a new pumped storage opportunity at the San Vicente Reservoir site. The potential project would create a new, up to 500-megawatt …

Funds issued by the State Water Resources Control Board’s Site Cleanup Subaccount Program (SCAP) to the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board has made possible a $2.67 million grant to clean up a perchlorate plume near Barstow. The plume has affected several private well owners’ drinking water supplies that were …

A draft update to the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan has been released by the Central Valley Flood Protection Board (CVFPB) for public review through March 31, 2017. The update emphasizes the need for long-term multi-benefit projects rather than single-purpose flood management projects which is consistent with Governor Edmund G. …

The Turtle Island Restoration Network’s program, the Salmon Protection And Watershed Network (SPAWN) has received a $935,000 grant award from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to implement its “Lagunitas Creek Floodplain & Riparian Restoration, Tocaloma CA” project. The project calls for the restoration of floodplains and the improvement …

Responding to California’s long-term drought and the effects of climate change on the state’s water supply and imperiled wildlife, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell has issued a Secretarial Order directing the Department of the Interior and its bureaus to take timely actions to help California address and manage …

Multiple days of significant rain may be forecast for the next several days but the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) is continuing to stress the need for water conservation throughout the state as many areas of the state, especially in Central and Southern California, are still in the grips …